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Zovs -> RE: Interception of Naval patrol (1/14/2022 5:08:43 PM)
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Searching through the Living Manual reveals that Sweep is still there.
18.1.7. Air Superiority
Part 4: The Air War
Aircraft assigned air superiority missions can intercept enemy air activity both on the way to and in their target area. Air superiority missions can be used defensively to protect a target area, or offensively as a fighter sweep type mission.
19.1. AIR MISSION SEQUENCE
19.1.1. General overview
6. Phasing player Air Group units return to staging base and then fly independently back to air base unit
Only fighters and fighter-bombers flying escort will drop the tanks when they have used them up during flight as a/c with bombs and drop tanks cannot drop one without dropping the other (so they keep the drop tanks until they drop the bombs). Fighter-bombers that are bombing may jettison their bombs and drop tanks and switch to “sweep” which simply means they are becoming fighters trying to fight in A2A going after enemy fighters. This allows those fighters and fighter bombers to engage enemy interceptors at full effect.
Air groups are broken down into smaller “flights” to resolve air missions, to include air to air combat and bombing runs. Decision by fighters or fighter bombers to drop their drop tanks/bombs is made by each such flight. These flights can consist of 4-12 aircraft So one part of an air group unit can switch to sweep while another keeps their drop tanks and press on with their escort mission or, for fighter bombers, to bomb the target.
37.1.2. Combat Resolution Window: General Info
The number of air missions and type (recon or bomb, escort, sweep, CAP) flown during the battle.
37.1.6. Air Combat:
MISSION: The mission the flight of aircraft conducted (RECON, BOMB, ESCORT, SWEEP, and PATROL).
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